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The Korean Harvest Festival (a.k.a. Chuseok) is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar and lasts three days. In South Korea there is a large exodus from major cities, where individuals return to their hometowns to be with their families and pay homage to their ancestors.

Korean Chusok or Chuseok

In Korea on the 15th day of the 8th Lunar month, the nation stops to celebrate Chusok, which means "fall evening." Chusok celebrates both the harvest and ancestors. The celebration begins on the night of the 14th and lasts for three days. During Chusok, Korean families will visit and clean their ancestors graves. Chusok is highlighted with a feast at night (at times beneath the moon) serving special foods arranged in a specific way, such as songpyon (or songpyeon) that is made with rice, beans, sesame seeds and chestnuts. At Chusok people wear Hanbok (traditional Korean outfits), and they play traditional games and dance.

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Eat Turkey, Become American

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When I was growing up in northern Minnesota, our family’s Thanksgivings were straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting.

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